A complete presentation of Calhoun's extant documents from December 1847 to August 1848, this volume brings the statesman to within a year and a half of his death in Washington, DC. These papers reveal his primary concerns during the first session of the 30th Congress.

THIS EDITION OF The Papers of John C. Calhoun presents documents from August 1848 through July 1849 that elaborate on the statesman's labors to rally united action among Southerners in defense of their institutions and constitutional rights. Calhoun worked to complete his Disquisition on Government, which further illuminated his stance on such fundamental issues as the nature of man in society and the natural responsibilities of governments and the governed.

Documents from the final year in the life of a great American statesman; The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Volume XXVII concludes the half-century project of the scholarly edition and publication of the letters, speeches, and papers of John C. Calboun. This volume chronicles Calhoun's last sojourn at his Fort Hill home in the fall of 1849, his final months in Washington and fatal illness, and critical phases of the free soil controversy. Calhoun died on March 31, 1850, after a career of political service that began in 1808 and included membership in the South Carolina and United States Houses of...

This volume details the importance of two themes that dominated Calhoun's concerns: the efforts of the Northern majority to exclude the South from territories being won in battle; and his continuing campaign to curb American imperialism, which Calhoun thought boded ill for republican virtue.